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BRISTOL & WESTON NHS PURCHASING CONSORTIUM

Provision of Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy units plus associated consumables

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33000000 33100000 33160000
Value£311k
Awarded29 Dec 2017
Published26 Jul 2018
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£311ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy has been utilised within the Bristol Breast Care Centre for some 15 years.

The unit has already looked at a number of devices on the market as the devices currently in use are coming to the end of their useful life.

Warranties are in place for the current devices but there may be a reduced capability to repair them in the near future.

An extensive examination of the Trust's requirements has been undertaken and a detailed specification has been prepared.

The Trust has decided to frame this procurement in terms of either bids for a lease deal or a placement deal so as to offer prospective bidders the greatest amount of flexibility.

Due to the intention to contract over 5 years (with an additional x2 12 month extension period) it was felt that the optimal route to market in terms of effectiveness and efficiency would be via an open OJEU process.

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Source & provenance
OCID
42205517-03e0-4581-b297-e7d5b64c7a8a
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2017/S 224-465508
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